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If only the picture could change, and I could be always as I am now. For that I would give everything.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Picture of Dorian Gray movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:41:47.426 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- In the dim, shaded light, the face appeared to him to be a little changed. The expression looked somehow different.

- One would have said that there was a touch of cruelty in the mouth.

- It was very strange.

- There was no doubt that the whole expression had altered. The lines of cruelty about the mouth were unmistakable.

- There was no such expression on his face.

- If only the picture could change, and I could be always as I am now. For that I would give everything.

- Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give. I would give my soul for that.

- But, surely, his wish had not been fulfilled. Such things were impossible. It was monstrous even to think of it.

- What if someone else observed the horrible change, his valet, perhaps?

- What if Basil Hallward came and asked to look at his own picture?

- But he was being ridiculous. This was a mere hallucination. An illusion brought on by his troubled senses.

[...]

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Sound Clip

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Memorable quotes from The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film, based on Oscar Wilde's novel), with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: George Sanders (Lord Henry Wotton), Hurd Hatfield (Dorian Gray), Lowell Gilmore (Basil Hallward), Angela Lansbury (Sibyl Vane), Donna Reed (Gladys Hallward)

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